By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON – Civil rights groups on Thursday asked President Joe Biden’s administration to disavow century-old Supreme Court rulings suffused with racist language that gave the government license …
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St. Louis City corrections officer pleads guilty to violating the civil rights of a prisoner
by DOJ PressST. LOUIS – United States District Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp accepted a plea of guilty from Demeria Thomas, age 38, on today’s date for deprivation of rights under color …
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By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON – When three federal judges last month blocked Alabama’s new Republican-backed map of U.S. congressional districts as likely discriminatory against Black voters, they …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) on Saturday asked immigration authorities to speed up the processes that would help nearly 2,000 migrants get documents to regularize their …
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A new Axios-Momentive poll released Friday showed that Democrats are more concerned about a COVID-19 outbreak at the Winter Olympics than China’s human rights violations. When asked what, if any, concerns …
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By Helen Coster and Sheila Dang -During the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics on Friday, hosts and experts on U.S. network NBC spoke in stark terms about China’s …
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Human rights violator sentenced in Guatemala to 30 years for crimes against humanity, previously investigated and removed by ICE
by DOJ PressWASHINGTON – A Guatemalan national previously removed to his home country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) was convicted in a Guatemalan court for …
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WASHINGTON, DC – When Joe Biden went off script on Tuesday during a discussion about his plan to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the President began talking …
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A worker rights group is calling out two powerful teachers unions, claiming that they “hold the education of kids hostage” in a press release. Mark Mix, president of the National …
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. On January 28, 2022, Anthony “Tony” Bean, 61, of Chattanooga, was found guilty of federal civil rights offenses by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, in the United States …
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By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to immediately enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution and formally protect women’s rights nearly a …
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Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative Inc. to Enforce the Rights of United States Army National Guard Member
by DOJ PressWASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement resolving allegations that the Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative Inc. (WREC) terminated U.S. Army National Guard …
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Trenton – In an effort to protect and defend the rights of voters, Senator Troy Singleton introduced SR-28, which would urge the United States Congress to adopt comprehensive voting rights legislation.“For …
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FL – The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an 8-year-old boy and his mother who was supposed to relinquish the child on Jan. 25 …
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Does Neil Young even own the rights to his music? It turns out he doesn’t fully have the final say in decisions about his vast musical catalog. It has been …
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NEWARK, N.J. – A Paterson Police officer was indicted today for physically assaulting a victim and then attempting to cover it up, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Kevin Patino, …
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Unable to rally a majority vote in the U.S. Senate, President Joe Biden said that he will try again in the future to pass a voting rights reform bill. The …
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U.S. President Joe Biden is at it again. The elderly, often incoherent President who has a knack for rambling and telling tall tales is once again telling campfire stories out …
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TRENTON, NJ – A new COVID-19 pandemic emergency order is in effect in New Jersey and Governor Phil Murphy’s first ‘new pandemic’ order isn’t to help millions of people in …
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A Moscow court ordered the closure of Memorial Human Rights Center just one day after Russia’s Supreme Court forced its sister organization, Memorial International, to shut down, CNN reported. The …
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St. Paul, Minn. – The Justice Department announced today that Derek Chauvin, 45, pleaded guilty in federal court to two violations of a federal civil rights statute. First, defendant Chauvin …
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ICE attends memorial in El Salvador remembering victims of El Mozote massacre 40 years later, coinciding with Human Rights Day
by DOJ PressWASHINGTON – Representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) traveled to El Salvador this week to remember the victims of the …
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A public relations firm run by former Democratic operatives and tied to foreign influence campaigns is working on behalf of a Chinese drone manufacturer blacklisted for alleged human rights abuses …
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ICE attends Human Rights Day memorial in El Salvador remembering victims of El Mozote massacre 40 years later
by DOJ PressWASHINGTON – Representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) traveled to El Salvador this week to remember the victims of the …
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Phil Murphy’s contempt for freedom and civil rights is ‘absolutely outrageous’ Wirths says
by Phil StiltonTRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Assemblyman Hal Wirths today slammed Governor Phil Murphy’s utter contempt of Republicans who are peacefully protesting the Democrat party’s potentially illegal vaccination mandate at the …